Proverbs 20:21
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
23 Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- En arv som en fra først av har revet til seg, blir til sist uten velsignelse.
- OTB
- En arv som kreves i hast vil ikke bli velsignet til slutt.
- B1930
- En arv som en fra først av har revet til sig, blir til sist uten velsignelse.
- BSB
- An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- KJV
- An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
- WEB
- An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
- ASV
- An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
- DARBY
- An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
- BLB
- An inheritance gained unjustly at first, even its latter end will not be blessed.
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1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 23:4
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Les i sammenhengHabakkuk 2:6
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Les i sammenhengJob 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
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